Hallowe'en!

Dressed as green M&Ms... or 3 peas in a pod - it's an interpretive (read: last minute - thanks, Grammy!) costume

I literally grabbed this picture as Edward and The Ducklings rolled down the driveway for their first Trick or Treat experience this evening.  The kids were extremely anxious to get going, which surprised me.  We talked about Hallowe'en in passing, and they did try on their costumes for Grammy a week ago, but their level of enthusiasm was unexpected.  Maybe it was the idea of going out in the wagon that stoked the fire more than anything, but Evelyn went running to her costume and demanded to "put Hallowe'en on".... Moments later, she announced that she was "ready to go, Mummy!"

And off they went.  I was also curious to see how they'd react to some of the more frightening costumes.  "Scary" has entered their vocabulary, and makes an appearance pretty regularly as they encounter things like spiders, loud trucks and boisterous kids at the park.  In fact, they seemed to take it all in stride tonight; asking "what's that?" when they saw a particularly gruesome mask.

They came back after visiting a few neighbours with their pumpkin full of goodies.  For dessert tonight, they each got a tiny box of Smarties.  Colin and Evelyn savoured each one.  And Keith, well, he attacks food with gusto, particularly if it's sweet.  He is definitely my child.

It was a fun night!  I have a ton of costume ideas that I figure I have a few short years to implement before they'll want to choose their own.  We'll see what happens next year, but hopefully, our costume will involve Sprocket as Toto...